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A Course in Applied Stochastic ProcessesBranching Processes

A Course in Applied Stochastic Processes: Branching Processes [Historically, it was in 1874 that Sir Francis Galton and H.W.Watson, while investigating the problem of “the extinction of family names” in England, formulated a simple but elegant mathematical model for the evolution of a family over successive generations. This was the first significant attempt to apply probability theory in order to study the effects of random fluctuations on the development of families or populations. It is this model that later came to be known as the Galton-Watson Branching Process and formed the basis of many subsequent extensions and generalizations.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Course in Applied Stochastic ProcessesBranching Processes

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Publisher
Hindustan Book Agency
Copyright
© Hindustan Book Agency (India) 2006
ISBN
978-81-85931-69-2
Pages
71 –96
DOI
10.1007/978-93-86279-31-6_2
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Historically, it was in 1874 that Sir Francis Galton and H.W.Watson, while investigating the problem of “the extinction of family names” in England, formulated a simple but elegant mathematical model for the evolution of a family over successive generations. This was the first significant attempt to apply probability theory in order to study the effects of random fluctuations on the development of families or populations. It is this model that later came to be known as the Galton-Watson Branching Process and formed the basis of many subsequent extensions and generalizations.]

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